This episode first aired in October 2023.

For kids with epilepsy, seizures can strike at any time. Here’s what you can do to help.

Educational resources for epilepsy and seizures

• Epilepsy Foundation Training and Education
• Michigan Medicine Comprehensive Pediatric Epilepsy Care

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This episode first aired on March 15, 2024.

Therapies for pain conditions like fibromyalgia provide clues for helping those with long COVID.

Michigan Medicine resource for patients with post-acute sequelae of COVID-19, also known as long COVID.

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Researchers try to simplify the low-FODMAP diet in hopes of making it easier for patients to follow without sacrificing effectiveness.

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This episode first aired on 5/3/24.

The NEPTUNE match study builds kidney atlas.

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An expert on racial and ethnic differences in health care and health outcomes offers recommendations as part of a national committee.

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This episode first aired on April 26, 2024.

A survey focused on how much people in their teens and early 20s know about periods and their experience and attitudes around “period poverty”.

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Certain nighttime habits can either help or hurt sleep issues in young children.

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This episode originally aired on April 19, 2024.

The number of patients using cannabis for medical purposes has increased more than 600 percent since 2016.

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A $5.6 million grant helps launch research to improve screening and treatment for a gynecologic disorder disproportionately impacting Black and Hispanic populations.

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Today on Health Lab, we are sharing an episode of The Fundamentals, another podcast from the Michigan Medicine Podcast Network that just launched its second season earlier this month.

On this episode of The Fundamentals: "Cannabis and psychedelics: stigmatized substances or powerful therapeutics?" Dr. Kevin Boehnke talks about cannabis, psychedelics, and the increasing body of evidence for their legitimization as therapeutics.

The transcript for this episode of Health Lab can be found here.

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Dr. Kevin Boehnke is a research assistant professor in the Department of Anesthesiology and the Chronic Pain and Fatigue Research Center. His current research focuses on therapeutic applications of cannabis and psychedelics. His goal is to rigorously assess appropriate use of these substances and to help address the public health harms caused by their criminalization.

You can learn more about Dr. Boehnke here, and you can follow the department of anesthesiology @UMichAnesthesia on X.

Find out more about the research stories mentioned at the top of the show at the links below:

https://www.michiganmedicine.org/health-lab/surgery-patients-now-less-likely-get-opioids-decline-has-slowed

https://www.michiganmedicine.org/health-lab/1-8-older-adults-use-cannabis-products-suggesting-need-screen-risks

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